Internships: Ink & Paper Group

Ink & Paper Group Spring/Summer 2008 Internship Opportunities

Ink & Paper Group, LLC, has the following internships available for spring/summer term. In general, these internships are unpaid but negotiable in duration and hours, in accordance with academic or personal requirements. (And we aren’t nearly as stuffy as that sounded...)

Design

Design interns are given specific design tasks, which may include book projects, marketing materials, Web design, teaser trailers for books, or other projects as needed. Design interns must be familiar with a variety of software programs, including the Adobe Creative Suite (knowledge of InDesign is a must). The type of work as well as the intern’s schedule and skill level will help dictate the breadth and depth of work. Interns will be credited for their involvement in published works.

Marketing

Marketing interns will help create strategies for existing titles and incoming acquisitions, responsibilities will include development of internal and external documents such as marketing plans, implementation plans, booksheets, author bios, etc. In addition, marketing interns will gain experience and confidence that will result in successful and rewarding communications with authors, bookstores, media, and fellow industry professionals.

Assistant Publisher - Dame Rocket Press, Bowler Hat Comics, Three Muses Press

Gain experience in all areas of publishing (editing, design, marketing) as they relate to the specific imprints. Work directly with the publishers, with emphasis on project management, development of the imprint, and preparation of future projects.

*Bowler Hat is also interested in exploring long-term internships attached directly to specific titles, overseeing all aspects of the books development from acquisition to publication to post-pub marketing.

Business

Business intern will assist our CEO and COO with business organization as well as operational and finance tasks. The primary needs are capital procurement, record keeping, and integration into the broader local business community.

Editing

Editorial interns begin with acquisitions work (reader’s reviews, acceptance & rejection letters, tipsheets, proposals, etc.) and in-house editing needs for documents and Web content. Interns will then move on to a primary editorial project, usually book-length. Interns work directly with our editor in chief and, as needed, with individual editors or publishers for specific imprints. The type of work (developmental, copyediting, proofreading, etc.) as well as the intern’s schedule and skill level will help dictate the breadth and depth of work. Interns will be credited as Associate Editor in published works.

Please contact:

Linda Meyer, COO
linda.meyer@inkandpapergroup.com
503.232.0103

Ink & Paper Group, LLC
1825 SE 7th Ave.
Portland, OR 97214
www.inkandpapergroup.com

Published Profs A Plenty!

Check out some of the latest work by the ones who show us the way...

MICHAEL MCGREGOR (nonfiction) - Oregonian, book review on "Torture and Democracy," Feb. 17.

PAUL COLLINS (nonfiction) - New Scientist, "Theatrophone - the 19th Century iPod," Jan. 12.

MICHELE GLAZER (poetry) - Denver Quarterly, poems, Winter 2008.

Congrats! Have anything recently published? Let me brag for you. Email wegocoord@gamil.com

CONTEST REMINDER: OREGON STATE POETRY (Deadline Feb. 29)

February 29 is the postmark deadline for the Oregon State Poetry Association Spring 2008 Contest. Cash awards plus publication in OSPA's annual anthology, Verseweavers, are offered in seven categories--Poet's Choice, Poetry of Witness (sponsored by the Eugene/Springfield Chapter in honor of Hannah Wilson, 1928-2004), Prose Poem, Free Verse, Traditional Verse, New Poets, and Members Only. Complete guidelines, including length and other limits for each category, entry fees, and format requirements, can be found on the OSPA website, www.oregonpoets.com.

Submissions: November Third Club (Deadline March 15)

FYI: They're hungry for poetry...

The November Third Club an online literary journal seeking to "up the ante" of literary political writing, is seeking poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction that resonates with a political message and rises above the mere rhetoric and rant. The emphasis will be on political literature, will be unabashedly left-wing in nature, and will be looking at literature written from a liberal, green, anarchist or libertarian perspective. Biases up front.

The November Third Club is edited by Victor D. Infante, editor in chief; Lenore Weiss, fiction editor; Richard Beban & Ray McNiece, poetry editors; Carlye Archibeque & Richard Modiano, nonfiction editors; and Sam Hamill & Deborah Grabien, contributing editors.

Some of the ideas we are interested in exploring from a literary perspective include reclaiming church and state, electoral fraud and reform, race and identity, censorship, individual liberty and of course, "The War on Terror," but we're open to new ideas, particularly innovative ones. Don't just rehash tired old knee-jerk anti-Bush propaganda and give us your commentary on Associated Press news stories. We want something that pushes the envelope of political writing. We're open to styles and genre, we just want the writing to be good and the message to resonate.

Guidelines for submissions:

Previously published material is fine as long as the original publisher is acknowledged and the author retains the copyright. Unless directly solicited by the editors, previously published material may be given less of a priority than unpublished submissions. (Although really, if we love it, we'll probably publish it.) All copyright reverts to the author upon publication. Please acknowledge The November Third Club if material it published first is reprinted elsewhere.
Unsolicited submissions will only be accepted via e-mail. Our e-mail address is nov3rdsubmissions@yahoo.com.
Please note whether the submission is poetry, fiction or creative nonfiction in the subject line of the e-mail. Unmarked submissions may be deleted unread.
Please submit no more than three to five poems, or ten pages of prose.
Please put your name and e-mail address in the body of the e-mail. Please also include a short bio, no more than 200 words, in the body of the e-mail.
The submissions themselves can be either in the body of the e-mail or in an attached Word file. No other formats will be considered.
The deadline for the eighth quarterly issue is March 15th.
We cannot pay anyone for their work as of this time.
We think it should go without saying, but please, please, please proofread your work before sending it to us. Our staff is still small, and has better things to do than to fix your typos.

Contest: Arts & Letters Prizes (Deadline March 17)

The Arts & Letters Prizes competition offers publication and a $1000 Prize for winners in: Fiction (Short Story), Poetry, and Drama (One-Act Play), and a NEW prize for Creative Nonfiction (Essay). A $15 submission fee, payable in U.S. dollars, includes a two-issue subscription to Arts & Letters. Please make checks or money orders payable to “GCSU” (note “Arts & Letters” in the memo section). All submissions will be considered for publication.

Submission Deadline: Submissions are accepted postmarked January 1 to March 17.

For all submissions: Submit only original, unpublished work in English. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable if the editors are notified immediately that the work has been accepted elsewhere. Authors may submit more than one manuscript; however, each submission should include the required entry fee of $15. Include a cover sheet with your name, address (where you want your subscription/s to be sent), and phone/email contact information; also include the title of your work. For those submitting more than one manuscript, you may designate a gift subscription to be sent (please provide name & address where you want the subscription sent). Send a no. 10 self-addressed, stamped envelope for announcement of winners (usually in July). No manuscripts can be returned. The author’s name should not appear anywhere in the manuscript. For fiction and creative nonfiction: Submit one story or essay, typed, double-spaced, no more than 25 pages long. For poetry: Submit up to 8 PAGES of poetry, typed, single-spaced, one poem (or part of a poem) per page. For one-act plays: Submit one work, typed in standard format. Please mail your submission unfolded and unstapled in a large-size manila envelope and write “Fiction,” “Poetry,” or “Drama” on the outside.

Send to:

Arts & Letters Prizes
Campus Box 89
Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, GA 31061

Contest: Atlas Shrugged (Deadline Sept. 27)

10th Annual Essay Contest on Ayn Rand's Novel Atlas Shrugged.

FIRST PRIZE: $10,000
3 SECOND PRIZES: $2,000
5 THIRD PRIZES: $1,000
20 FINALISTS: $100
20 SEMIFINALISTS: $50

ATLAS SHRUGGED—TOPICS

1. Why do Dagny and Rearden oppose the strikers in action?

2. Explain Ragnar Danneskjold’s statement that Robin Hood is the one man he is out to destroy. What is the deeper moral meaning of his claim?

3. For each of the following three passages from Atlas Shrugged, explain its meaning and its relation to the story and theme of the novel.

a. Galt: "In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. In that transfusion of blood which drains the good to feed the evil, the compromiser is the transmitting rubber tube.”
-Part Three, Chapter VII

b. Dagny: “We never had to take any of it seriously, did we?”
Galt: “No, we never had to.”
-Part Three, Chapter I

c. Francisco: “You have a great deal of courage, Dagny. Some day, you’ll have enough of it.”
-Part One, Chapter VFirst prize: $5,000 Cash Award

Entrant must be enrolled in a college degree program at the time of entry.
High school students entering college in the fall of 2008 are also eligible.
Contest is open to students worldwide.
A stapled cover sheet MUST include: name and address of entrant; entrant's e-mail address (if available); name and address of entrant's university; topic selected (1, 2 or 3 from list above); and your declared major.
Essay must be no fewer than 800 and no more than 1,600 words in length, and must be typewritten and double-spaced. One entry per student, please.
Essay must be solely the work of the entrant.
Essay must be postmarked no later than September 17, 2008.
Decisions of the judges are final.
Employees of the Ayn Rand Institute, its board of directors and their immediate family members are not eligible for this contest. Past first-place winners are not eligible for this contest.
All entries become the property of the Ayn Rand Institute and will not be returned.
Winners and other participants will be notified by November 27, 2008.

Contest: Modern Love (Deadline March 31)

From the hippie culture to the AIDS epidemic to the Internet revolution, love has gone from “free” to fraught to Facebook. What is love now, in this age of 24/7 communication, blurred gender roles and new attitudes about sex and dating?

We invite college students nationwide to submit a personal essay of between 1,500 and 2,000 words that illustrates the current state of love and relationships. The winning author will receive $1,000 and his or her essay will be published in a special “Modern Love” column on May 4, 2008 and on nytimes.com.

The online archive of Modern Love columns can be found on: topics.nytimes.com/top/features/style/fashionandstyle/columns/modernlove/index.html

A book of collected columns—“Modern Love: 50 True and Extraordinary Tales of Desire, Deceit and Devotion”—is available at bookstores and at the nytstore.com.

How to Enter
E-mail your essay (attached as a Word document AND pasted within the body of the e-mail), name, e-mail address, phone number, college and year of graduation to: essaycontest@nytimes.com
Submission Deadline:
March 31, 2008

Contest/Conference: Writers @ Work (Deadline Mar. 1)

A PSU student also won this last year....

Writers @ Work
offers an annual Fellowship Competition for emerging writers in the fiction, nonfiction, and poetry genres. Winners are honored with cash prizes and publication in Quarterly West, and a consultation with prominent editor or agent.

2008 Judges
Fiction : Steve Almond
Nonfiction : Abigail Thomas
Poetry : Kim Addonizio

Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

First Prize in each category: $1,500, publication in Quarterly West (subject to editorial guidelines), a featured reading at the conference, full Conference tuition — morning workshops and afternoon sessions, a manuscript consultation during the Conference with one of the visiting editors or agents, and free housing.

Honorable Mention in each category: tuition for free afternoon session package (value can be applied towards the full Conference tuition), and a manuscript consultation during the conference with one of the visiting editors or agents.

Eligibility
Writers who have not yet published a book-length volume of original work with a national press in the genre in which they submit a manuscript may submit work for the fellowship competition.

Only unpublished work may be submitted. Work will be considered published if it has appeared in any print journal or literary magazine or has appeared in an electronic magazine or journal. Posting work on personal websites is not considered publishing. Please do not submit work from chapbooks or work published by a vanity press. Self-published work (such as a collection of stories, poems, essays, or novel that you print for limited distribution) is acceptable.

Current or former students who have studied with judges in an accredited degree-granting program or institution are not eligible for the competition.

Previous winners are not eligible in the genre in which they have won.


Judging
Judging is done blind. Names are removed from submissions before they are screened so the screeners and judges have no idea of the author and judge on the quality of the manuscript alone. Screening panels are made up of board members and writers from the Salt Lake City writing community. Judges are faculty members invited by the board. They are not board members nor are they affiliated with the board.

Deadlines
Entries must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than March 1, 2008. Results will be announced May 1, 2008. Manuscripts will not be returned.

Contest: Memoirs, Ink. Personal Essay (Deadline Feb. 29)

FYI: WEGOnians have won the last two Memoirs, Ink. contests (Jonathan Fine and Dave Devine).

Memoirs, Ink.
Half-Yearly Personal Essay Contest - 2008

Contest Guidelines
Less is even more this year. We were so impressed with the quality of the entries for our last half-yearly contest that just to reiterate that less is more, we are giving away more money this year. What makes this contest different is that the word limit is half that of our yearly contest. The guidelines are below.
Memoirs Ink is looking for original, well-written personal essays, memoirs, or stories that are based on autobiographical experiences. The narrative must be in first person, other that that, the contest is open to any type, genre or style of story. It is open to any writer, any age, writing in English--that means Candians, Brits, Australians, Ugandans and anyone else anywhere can enter.

Entry must be previously unpublished (this includes websites and blogs).

Entry fee: $15. (Please make check or money order to Memoirs, Ink.)
Prizes: This year, to prove that less is more, or at least reward less with more, we are giving away more prizemoney. First Prize: $1100. Second Prize: $550. Third Prize: $275.

Please limit entries to less than 1500 words.
Contest Deadline:February 15, 2008 (postmark). Late Deadline: February 29, 2008 (Postmark - Late entries require additional $5 entry fee per entry)
Winners will be announced April 15, 2008. We will announce them by e-mail and on our website.

Send entries to:
Memoirs Ink Writing Contest
10866 Washington Blvd, Suite 518,
Culver City, CA 90232
Please submit entries as follows: Typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. font.
Your name should appear only on the contest submission form. Click here to print submission form.
The title of the manuscript should appear on every page. The pages should be numbered.
We used to prefer paperclips, but are now partial to staples.
Multiple submissions are accepted, however, an additional $10 entry fee is required for each additional story.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted, however, if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere, you need to let us know immediately that you are withdrawing your submission.
E-mail questions to Jill at: Memoirsink at gmail dot com

Other Info:

Manuscripts will not be returned. Memoirs, Ink., is not responsible for manuscripts lost in the mail, etc. Memoirs, Ink cannot confirm receipt of your entry unless you provide a self-addressed stamped postcard.
Winners must sign a contest winner agreement form that certifies your writing is original and assigns us temporary rights and electronic archiving rights.
If you win, we will publish your story. If you do not want your story published please do not submit it.
We reserve the right to mention or not mention anyone honorably.
Winners will be contacted between April 1-15, 2008.
This contest will be judged by a panel of judges including:

1) Someone good yet to be detimined- the extent of thier coolness will go here.

2) Felice Austin, president and senior writer of Memoirs Ink. Ms. Austin has judged many contests in the past. She says who needs a bio when there's google.

3) Emily Chang - Emily is an intern at Memoirs Ink. She is an English honor student at UCLA. She loves reading and culinary arts.

Class: Professional Editing (Feb. 16)

Professional Editing
Saturday, February 16, 1 5 p.m.
Cost: $100

The demand for editors is quickly rising. Unfortunately, in the United States, no formal certification process is required for editors. Those wanting to be editors need to distinguish themselves from those who have simply hung out shingles because they feel they write well or they have a degree in English. This class breaks down the various professional editing roles and discusses how the editing process should work from simple one-on-one freelance gigs directly with an author, to complex interactions with large publishing houses. The class also includes information on project management including estimating time, staying within deadlines, dealing with fatigue, and working with challenging clients.

Instructor Ali McCart is the owner and senior editor of Indigo Editing. She is also the Web director of WiPP (Women in Portland Publishing). Ali is an experienced editor and business leader in both the traditional publishing company structure and the freelance editing industry.

Ink & Paper Group, LLC
COO and Editor in Chief
Three Muses Press, Publisher
1825 SE 7th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
503.232.0103
linda.meyer@inkandpapergroup.com

Contest: Annie Dillard Creative Nonfiction (Deadline March 15)

Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction

1st Prize $1,000

Final Judge: Stephen Kuusisto
First place winners will be published in the Bellingham Review. Second and third place winners and finalists may be considered for publication.

Submission Guidelines

1. Entry Fees:
$18 for the first entry (one nonfiction work).
Each additional entry is $10.
Please make checks payable to:
The Bellingham Review.
Everyone entering the competition will receive a complimentary two-issue subscription to Bellingham Review.
International Submissions: The Bellingham Review is only able to process international money orders made out in US dollars. Please include an extra $10 to cover the cost of mailing a subscription overseas. If you would like to enter the contest without receiving an international subscription, let us know, and you will owe only the $18 entry fee.

2. Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked between December 1, 2007, and March 15, 2008.

3. For each entry, submit the following:
3" x 5" index card stating the title of the work, the category (creative nonfiction), the author's name, phone number, address and email. Please make sure the writing is legible on this card. The author's name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript; the index card will serve as the only record of your entry.
A check made out to The Bellingham Review.
A self-addressed stamped envelope for announcement of winners. The author's name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript.

4. Maximum length for prose is 8,000 words.

5. No previously published works, or works accepted for publication, are eligible. Work may be under consideration elsewhere, but must be withdrawn from the competition if accepted for publication. Current students, faculty, or staff of WWU are not eligible to enter the contest.

6. Send entries to:
Annie Dillard
Bellingham Review
Mail Stop 9053
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA 98225

7. Manuscripts will not be returned. Winners will be announced by July, 2008.

Be a Poetry Judge!

The Oregon State Poetry Association is looking for volunteers to help judge the Student Poetry Contest Saturday, February 16th.

This is a statewide contest that many schools participate in. The winners are published in Cascadia and are honored at an awards ceremony later in the spring.

Judging takes place at PCC Sylvania from 10-2 on Saturday, February 16th. Contact Celeste Thompson (thompsonceleste@yahoo.com) for more information.

Contest: River Teeth Nonfiction Prize (Deadline Mar. 1)

River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize Series

River Teeth's editors and editorial board will conduct a yearly national contest to identify the best book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction. The winner will receive $1,000.

General Guidelines:
Manuscripts must be between 150-400 pages long
Manuscripts must be double-spaced
Include a title page with title only
Include a cover page with title and contact information
Include a $25 contest fee
Deadline is March 1, 2008
Mail entries to:

RIVER TEETH
401 College Ave.
Ashland University
Ashland, OH 44805

Contest: Third Coast Poetry & Creative Nonfiction (Deadline Feb. 29)

The 2008 Third Coast Poetry & Creative NonFiction Awards

Poetry Prize: $1,000 & Publication
Nonfiction Prize : $500 & Publication

Final Judges
For poetry: James Tate
For creative nonfiction: Patricia Hampl

Send entries to:
Third Coast 2008 Poetry or Creative Nonfiction Contest
Department of English
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331

Open to all writers unassociated with the judges or Third Coast. Postmark deadline: February 29th, 2008. Prize-winning issue: Spring 2009. Entry fee: $15 per manuscript. Please make checks or money orders payable to Third Coast. Each fee entitles entrant to a 1-year subscription to Third Coast, an extension of an existing subscription, or a gift subscription. Please indicate your choice and enclose a complete address for subscription. Please send each entry separately, and mark clearly whether it is a poetry or creative nonfiction entry. Any previously unpublished poem is eligible for the poetry contest. Please submit up to five poems, totaling no more than twelve pages. Any previously unpublished creative nonfiction essay or excerpt of up to 9,000 words is eligible for the creative nonfiction contest. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; if accepted elsewhere, we ask that they be withdrawn from the contest immediately. No money will be refunded. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for results only. All manuscripts should be typed (nonfiction entries should be double-spaced) and accompanied by a cover letter. The author’s name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript itself. If a poem or essay is chosen as a finalist, Third Coast requires that it be withdrawn from any other publication considerations until the winner is selected. If the poem or essay is scheduled to be published elsewhere before spring 2009, please do not submit it.

Contest: Stony Brook Short Fiction (Deadline March 1)

THE STONY BROOK
SHORT FICTION PRIZE
17TH ANNUAL AWARD 2008

Eligibility: Only undergraduates enrolled full-time in American and Canadian universities and colleges for the academic year 2007-2008 are eligible for the prize. This Prize has always encouraged submissions from students with an Asian background, but we want to make it clear that we encourage students of all races and backgrounds to enter.

Submissions of no more than 7500 words should be typed on paper 8½ by 11 and be accompanied by proof of the participant’s current undergraduate enrollment and a permanent address, phone number and email address. No electronic submissions accepted. No other entry form is required. Manuscripts will not be returned.

Evidence of current enrollment: a xeroxed copy of a grade transcript, a class schedule or receipt of payment of tuition showing your full-time status for either fall ’07 or spring ’08 semesters will do. The name of the institution and its address must be clear. Please indicate the name of the department of your major field of study.

The 2008 winner will receive $1,000.

Inquiries may be directed to: jjwest@optonline.net.

Submission to this Prize assumes the right of Stony Brook to publish the winning story on its Web site. Stony Brook reserves the right not to award the Prize.
DEADLINE: Submissions must be postmarked by
March 1, 2008.

The winner and runners-up will be contacted in June 2008, at which time the contest results will be posted and the winning story published on the Fiction Prize Web site: http://www.stonybrook.edu/fictionprize.

Submissions should be sent to:
JOHN WESTERMANN
DIRECTOR OF THE SHORT FICTION PRIZE
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
HUMANITIES BUILDING
STATE UNIVERSITY
STONY BROOK, NY 11794-5350

Contest: Kenyon Short Fiction (Deadline Feb. 15)

Entries must be submitted between February 1 - February 15, 2008. Please note: one entry per person will be accepted. Entries must be limited to 1200 words or less. Simultaneous submissions cannot be accepted. You must be 30 years of age or younger at time of submission to be eligible. There is no entry fee.

Alice Hoffman, author of Skylight Confessions and The Ice Queen will be the final judge.

The winner and finalists will be announced on The Kenyon Review web site in late spring.

The author of the winning story will receive a full scholarship to The Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, June 14th to June 21st (covering tuition, room, and board). The winning story will be published in a special section of The Kenyon Review, one of the country’s most prestigious literary magazines.

Any information submitted via our online submissions system will be used solely by The Kenyon Review and will not be distributed to any marketers.

Click here to submit online.

Contest: Elsewhere - nonfiction (Deadline July 1)

2008 SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS PRIZE

Elsewhere is pleased to announce that it will soon be reading submissions for the first annual Scott Russell Sander Prize for nonfiction. Sanders will act as the final judge for the contest and write a brief introduction to the winning essay, which we will also be publishing as a limited-edition chapbook. The press and print-run are TBA. In addition, the winning writer will receive an engraved antique compass. The winner will be announced in late fall and will be published in the Winter 2008 issue of Elsewhere. Five finalists will also be published.

NO ENTRY FEE

Final Judge: Scott Russell Sanders

Reading Period: April 1, 2008-July 4, 2008
(From April Fools’ Day to Independence Day)

Guidelines: Submit a creative essay of no more than 8,000 words that deals with place in an integral way. Only one submission per writer. Writers who send more than one essay will be disqualified from the contest.

The essay should be attached to an email as a .doc or .rtf file. Judging is anonymous, so all identifying material should be removed. Include two cover pages, the first one with title of the essay and contact information (name, address, email address, and phone number), and the second one with just the title of the essay.

A cover letter is optional, but the body of your email should include your name, contact information, and the title of your essay. The subject line of the email should read “Sanders Prize Submission” followed by a colon and then the title of the essay.

Previously published essays are not accepted. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable provided that Elsewhere is notified immediately if the essay has been accepted by another journal. If a writer withdraws an essay from the contest, he or she may submit another essay if it is before July 1, 2008.

Submissions can be sent to contest_at_elsewherejournal.org

Submissions: Oregon East

Eastern Oregon University's student-edited literary annual, Oregon East, is looking for submissions.

Fiction and non-fiction: no longer than 3,000 words.
Flash fiction: under 700 words
Poetry: up to 60 lines; no "greeting card verse"

Oregon East Magazine
Hoke Center #304
Eastern Oregon University
One University Blvd.
La Grande, OR.
97850

Reading period between September and mid-March, notification by May. No previously published work, and no simultaneous or electronic submissions. Include SASE and a cover letter with a brief bio and contact information. Individual copyright privileges revert to author upon publication. Payment is 2 copies.

Copies are $5 each. Send subscription requests and payments to the above address. Some back issues are available.

Professor Michelle Glazer on KBOO (Feb. 4)

Monday February 4, 10-11 PM: The table is set for a banquet of language when poets MICHELE GLAZER, MARY SZYBIST and JOEL BETTRIDGE highlight an upcoming language poetry festival, and DAVID ABEL and other SPARE ROOM poets chime in for an evening of hijinks of the aural and logical sort. KBOO 90.7 FM

Literary Arts Council Open Meeting (Feb. 15)

Dear PSU Students,

Literary Arts Council will be holding a meeting on FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15 at 1pm in SMITH 262.

Please come to learn more about this campus organization and discuss its upcoming news including the possible EGO, WEGO and LAC collaboration.

LAC is student-run and would like your input on how YOUR STUDENT FEES should be spent. Bring your ideas on authors you'd like to see at PSU and other ways this group can enlighten your experince as a PSU student.

For more information please email litac@pdx.edu or visit the website www.litac.groups.pdx.edu. The site does not include the Spring Reading Series but will be updated on Tuesday, 2/5.

Thank you!

Lori Huskey
Literary Arts Coordinator
Portland State University
503.725.5666
litac@pdx.edu
www.litac.groups.pdx.edu

Residency: Artist at Pine Needles - MN (Deadline March 28)

Artist at Pine Needles residency program

The St. Croix Watershed Research Station seeks applications from artists and writers for the summer 2008 Artist at Pine Needles
residency program. The project invites natural history artists or writers to spend 2 to 4 weeks in residence to immerse themselves in a field experience, gather resource materials, and interact with environmental scientists and the local community. Applications will be accepted from writers and visual artists who focus on environmental or natural history topics. Participants will have an opportunity to interact with environmental scientists and to create links between their art, the natural world and the sciences.
Go here to download application for this residency.